<p>I m coming online on MSN...wait</p>
<p>As Michelle Hernandez said in her book "A is for Admission" being the son/daughter or even grandson/daugther of an alum, increases your chances "exponentially"!</p>
<p>yay! hopefully that works for me ;)</p>
<p>Hey...I know this isn't exactly relevant to this topic...but I always had this question in my mind.</p>
<p>People say Wharton is #1 business school in US. And I always thought that, too. However, when looking at rankings such as Newsweek and stuff Wharton is only #3 or something after Harvard and I think Columbia. So just outta curiosity, what is the idea that "Wharton is #1 business school in US" based on? Is it only undergrad or for grad or for both? My interviewer had remarked, "I don't care what the others say. They say Harvard or Stanford have the best business schools? No. Hands down, it's Wharton. No question."</p>
<p>I'm just curious what these claims are based on. Is it #1 for only specific areas like fianance or overall?</p>
<p>Wharton is #3 for MBA.
Wharton is #1 for undergraduate business.</p>
<p>For the record, Wharton is #2 for both MBA and graduate business in US News rankings (<a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/mbaindex_brief.php)%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/mbaindex_brief.php)</a>, and #1 (also graduate) according to the Financial Times.</p>
<p>What's the difference between graduate business and MBA?</p>
<p>Well, graduate business includes all programs, I guess (PhD's too).</p>